Day 3 – 11 February 2019, Monday After experiencing the high of Janet Jackson’s State of the World Tour last night, I took it easy today. I managed to wake up early enough to enjoy the two free bread rolls for breakfast. Unlike yesterday’s mostly sunny weather, it was a day of gloomy skies today, […]
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Day 2 – 10 February 2019, Sunday I woke up after 9am this morning and lazed in bed for a while before making my way down to take a hot bath. By the time I was done, I had missed the free breakfast bread rolls, which are served until 10am daily. After the cold and […]
How It All Began I wasn’t planning to make a trip to Tokyo this year but when my friend JK told me in late December 2018 that Janet Jackson would be bringing her State Of The World Tour to the Nippon Budokan at Tokyo for two nights in February 2019, I jumped at it. JK […]
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 23 April 2017] Day 8 – 14 December 2016, Wednesday Rise and shine, it’s our last day in Hokkaido. We would be departing our hotel at 1:30pm to go to the airport, so we had some free and easy […]
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 17 April 2017] Day 7 – 13 December 2016, Tuesday It’s our last full day in Hokkaido today and we spent the first half of the day visiting Otaru, a seaside town about 40km away from Sapporo. At 8:30am, […]
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 14 April 2017] Day 6 – 12 December 2016, Monday Today, we woke up to a very chilly morning, -14 degrees Celsius to be precise. Caught the weather forecast on television and it showed that all of Hokkaido was […]
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 9 April 2017] Day 5 – 11 December 2016, Sunday This morning, after another splendid breakfast buffet, we reluctantly checked out of the hotel at 8:50am and proceeded to our first sightseeing activity at Shiretoko National Park, which was […]
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 5 February 2017] Day 4 – 10 December 2016, Saturday This morning, I woke up at about 6:30am. When I pulled open the curtains, I was greeted by the marvellous view of Lake Akan (阿寒湖) in front of me. […]
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Hohoho Hokkaido Day 3: Tokachi / Kushiro / Lake Akan
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 14 January 2017] Day 3 – 9 December 2016, Friday The daily morning call for the tour group was at 7am but as usual, we woke up earlier on our own and went for breakfast at 7am. We like […]
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Hohoho Hokkaido Day 1 & 2: Singapore / Tokyo / Chitose / Tokachi
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 1 January 2017] How It All Began Last year, I had a White Christmas in Hokkaido, Japan. Well, technically, I didn’t spend Christmas Day overseas but my vacation was during the December period and it snowed very heavily, so […]
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Tokyo Raiders Day 4 & 5: Tsukiji / Shinjuku / Shibuya / Singapore
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 14 May 2016] 13 October 2015, Tuesday It was our last full day in Tokyo today, as we would be flying back to Singapore tomorrow. This morning, we headed to Tsukiji Fish Market to have some fresh sushi for […]
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Tokyo Raiders Day 3: Shinjuku / Hiroo / Ikebukuro
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 7 May 2016] 12 October 2015, Monday Today, we have quite a few activities planned. But first, we will be heading out for breakfast. The night before, my friend was craving to have some good ramen. Being ever resourceful, […]
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 21 February 2016] 11 October 2015, Sunday Day 2 of the trip, and we would be spending half the day in Lake Kawaguchi before heading back to Tokyo. For breakfast, we munched on pastries that we bought from the supermarket […]
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Tokyo Raiders Day 1: Singapore / Tokyo / Lake Kawaguchi
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 31 January 2016] 10 October 2015, Saturday In October 2015, my friend and I decided to make a short getaway to Tokyo, taking advantage of cheap promo airfares by Scoot and American Express. The return air ticket was only S$454.81, […]